There has been a series of fires plaguing Edo, the city of paper and wood, and the firechief Kiru Jindo has been unable to solve the crimes. Prince Juzo is becoming impatient. When a ronin named Iga-no-Nikki arrives in the city looking for work he soon finds himself charged with arson. His only hope is to find the real criminal before he is forced to commit seppuku. At the same time two women in Kiru's life are moving in opposite directions and it is tearing him apart. Akashi, the beautiful geisha Kiru wants to marry, has set her sights on the stage. She loves him but cannot marry him yet. At...

This is a collection of short stories and one novella. All are science fiction set in a world called 'The Apostrophe Universe.' Gravity Before Newton Digby Futter dreams of becoming a scientist yet he is thwarted at every turn by real life. One day when working in his professional garage he is hit on the head with a lug nut and has an epiphany about the science of fate. As he calls it, Fate Before Futter is like Gravity before Newton. It existed, but took a unique mind and a knock on the head by an apple to bring the science to the world. His plan goes disastrously wrong costing him...

Most young men who grew up in the 80s did so under the umbrella of the ninja. We all thought about becoming ninjas at one point in our lives. Andy Ballinger never gave up the dream. Andy the Ninja is one young man's search for meaning and fulfillment in his life. Andy was like many of us, he was born and grew up hearing that getting a good job and a nice wife would make his life complete. But Andy yearned for more. Come on a journey through the heart of Japan as Andy encounters talking foxes, familiars to ninja, meets mentors he never could have imagined existed and is sent on an epic journey...